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Army

GAO Denies JLTV Northrop Grumman, Textron Protests, Stop Work Orders Lifted

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Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

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By Ann Roosevelt The Government Accountability Office (GAO) yesterday denied protests by Northrop Grumman's [NOC] and Textron [TXT] of the Army awards of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program technology demonstration contracts and the government has lifted stop work orders. Northrop Grumman lodged the first protest Nov. 7, and Textron filed a protest Nov. 12 after the Army awarded three companies JLTV awards: BAE Systems, General Tactical Vehicles, a joint venture ofGeneral Dynamics [GD] and AM General, and Lockheed…

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